Powder box



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POWDER BOX I Filed Dec]. 15, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 are/v To R mp Mg? Patented Sept. 3, i935 UNITE-D STATES PATENT 'oFFicE} POWDER Box Walter Zipper, Vienna, Austria Application December 13, 1933, Serial In Austria August 21, 1933 6 Claims. (01. 132-83) possible on the inner side of the lid, and of the complete utilization of the supply of powder carried by means of the powder puff orpad, and

which enables stick-shaped toilet requisites, for example a lip stickand a rouge stick,gto be stowed in a compartment separated from the powder storage space iria simple manner which does, not appreciably diminish the storage capacity of the box-. These advantages are obtained in accordance with-the invention by virture of the arrangement that the lower or base portion occupied by the powder-purl or pad and powder is in the shape of a wedge tapered down towards the hinge end of the box, and is closed over by a fiat lid provided on the inner side with a mirror, in a manner known per se. The wedgeshaped base portion is preferably of rectangular or approximately rectangularshape, in plan, and isprovided, at the extreme end furthest removed from the hinge, with a cylindrical'chamber for 35 the reception of stick-shaped toilet requisites.

In the accompanying dra elevation of a powder. boxmade in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan'view of the box closed. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the box open. Fig. 4 is a transverse verticalsection through the box in the position indicated in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a tubular casing which holds the stick-shaped toilet requisites within 7 the box. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary transverse section on a slightly enlarged scale on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a-box i1- lustrating another form the invention may take,

and Figs. 8, 9, and loare top plan views of optional forms vention.

In the constructional example'shown in Figs.

1 to 4 the base portion a of the powder box is of rectangular or approximately rectangular outp line, .andis closed over by a suitably shaped flat of powderboxes embodying the in-' 5 lid bfwhich is provided on its inner side with a -mirror c. The base portion a is in the shape of a wedge (Figs. 1 and 4) tapered down towards thehinge end of the box, and the depth of the storage space] for the powder is correspondingly al or'of any one of the known suitable artificial reduced towards the hinge d (Fig. 4). The base portion a and the lid 1) consists of sheet, metal, but'these parts, and,more particularly the base portion a, can also be manufactured of light metcompositions. for example by pressing or die wings Fig. 1 is a side casting. e storage space I is covered overby a sieve a (Fig? 4) consisting of thin, wide-mesh fabric or the like, through which the powder passes and can be taken up by means of the pufl. orpadh.

. 6 The shaping of the base portion a in the form of a wedge provides a number of advantages over the known powder boxes in which the base a portion constitutes a tray which becomes gradually shallower towards the outer edge. In con- 10 sequence of this wedge shape of the powder box according to the present'invention, the center of gravity of the base portion a is shifted from the middle towards the forward end, so thata' lighter weight of the base portion a is sumcient; in this 16 manner the box, when placed in the open condition (Fig. 4) upon a supporting surface, is prevented vfrom tilting over by the lid 22 carrying the relatively heavy mirrorc, so that not only is a. spilling of powder effectually avoided, but the mirror c is conveniently retained in the inclined position requiredfor use- (Fig. 4). The mirror 0 can thus be made larger, other conditions being equal, than would otherwise be practically possible, and can be allowed to extend close up to, 25

the edgeof the" lid. A further. advantageconsi'sts in the fact that the supply of powder can be conveniently used up to the very last,- whereas with the above-mentioned known types of powderboxes 9. portion of the powder clogs at the outer edgeoi the storage furrow'or tray, which be .;e'omes constantly shallower towards the outer edge, between the bottomof the latter and the covering sieve g, and cannot be extracted for use.

In the case of a powder-box constructed in accordance with the present invention, on the other hand, this clogging of the powder can only take place at a small portion ofthe circumference, while at the same time the total storage space is larger than in the case. of the known powder- 40 boxes, under otherwise similar conditions; In. the deepest part of the storage space J, and separated therefrom by a partition, there can be inserted a stick-shaped toilet requisite, for example a lip stick or a rouge stick;

holders k for a lip-stick m which is locked against 2 latter case the housing of the stick-shaped toilet requisites is not possible in so simple a manner as with the other shapes.

The stick-shapedtoilet requisites are preferably housed in a chamber completely separated from the storage space i. For this purpose there is provided at the end of the base portion a remotest from the hinge d a compartment 1' extending transversely of the box, this compartment being open to both sides, and serving for the reception of one or two stick-shaped toilet requisites, of a lip-stick and a rouge-stick, or, if desired, of a powder-stick. These latter do not normally project fromthe base portion a, and are adapted to become thrust out slightly (seeFig.'3) on the opening of the box. This purpose is served by the following arrangement.

In the constructional example shown (Figs. 1-6) there is arranged in the compartment i a cylindrical tubular casing 7' of thin sheet metal, rotation, and in which there are slidably fitted the two likewise tubular and a rouge-stick n, which are indicated in broken lines in Fig. 5. The

suck holders k a'raprovided with small guide pins p which project outwards through two oppositely inclined oblique slots q in the tubular casing 1 (Figs. 5 and 6). On the tubular casing a there is rotatably mounted a wide sheet metal ring 1' which is disposed in a recess s (Figs. 2 and 3) in the base portion a, and which carries a projection t which serves as an operating knob or button and a movement-limiting stop, and which in the po tion of closure (Fig. 2) clasps the edge of the lid b and looks or holds it closed. Further, the ring r is provided on the inside with a longitudinal groove u (Fig. 6) into which the abovementioned guide pins p. on the stick holders k are arranged to project. If the closing ring 1' be turned for opening (arrow 1, Fig. 6), its longitudinal groove it moves the pins 12, and therefore also the stick holders k, in an axial sense (double arrow II. Fig. 3), so that the ends of the two stick-shaped toilet requisites m, n, or their caps, are caused to emerge (Fig. 3) The lip-stick can then be completely withdrawn for use, while from the projecting end of the rouge-stick n, otter the removal of its cap, the required quantities c be taken with the aid of a puff or pad. On the closing of. the powder-box, the stickshaped toilet requisites m, n are retracted by the turning back of the ring 1, so that they come into position once more entirely within the cylindrical I tubular casing a (Fig. 2).

In the. same manner asa lipand rouge-stick, a stick-shaped powder-dispenser of a known type can be arranged in the compartment 2'. a

By virtue of the described manner of housing the stick-shaped toilet requisites, these latter are prevented from coming in contact with the powder, and are so retained in position that they do not shake about in the box.-

What I claim is: I 1. A receptacle having an opening, two membars for the openin a tube on one mem-V .engaged by the ring as it moves members hinged together, a tube on one member, a catch on the tube for engaging or releasing the other member, a receptacle in the tube, and means controlled by the catch for causing the receptacle to move into the tube when the catch engages the other member and to move out of the tube when the catch :eleases the other member.

3. Ina. receptacle comprising a frame of two members, a tube on one member arranged longitudinally of the receptacle for holding one or more articles, a ring surrounding the tube at about its center and movable circumferentially thereabout, a'catch on the ring for engaging the other member, when the ring is in one position, and means to engage the other member to cause the articles to recede into the tube and to cause the articles to project from the ends of the tube when the ring is moved to remove the catch from the other member.

4.111 a receptacle comprising a frame of two members, a tube on one member arranged longitudinally of the receptacle for holding one or more articles, a ring surrounding the tube at about its center and movable circumferentially thereabout, a catch on the ring for engaging the other member, when the ring is in one position, means engaged by the ring as it moves to engage the other member to cause the articles to recede into the tube and to cause the articles to project from the ends of the tube when the ring is moved to remove the catch from the other member and movable covers for the articles engaging the tube.

5. In areceptacle comprising a frame of two members, a tube on one member arranged longitudinally of the receptacle, a ring surrounding the tube at about its center and movable circumfer entially thereabout, a catch on the 'ring for engaging the other member when the ring is in one position, receptacles in the tube, and means engaged by the ring as it moves to engage the other .toward the ends of the tube when the ring is moved to remove'the catch from the other memher.

6. In a receptacle comprising a frame of two members, a tube on one member arranged longitudinally 9f the receptacle, a ring surrounding the tube at about its center and movable circumferentially thereabout, a catch on the ring for engaging the other member when the ring is in one position, receptacles in the tube, means engaged by the ring as it moves to engage the other memher to cause the receptacles to recede into the tube and to cause the receptacles to move toward the ends of the tube when the ring is moved to remove the-catch from the other member and femovable covers for the receptacles.

. WAL'I'ER ZIPPER. 

